The Morning Watch

Every night, as a young girl, I would look up at a glass plaque on the shelf above above my bed. The words on that plaque read, “ HEAR HIM .” (Matthew 3:17) When the prophet Samuel was just a young boy, the Lord called his name three times in one night. Each time he got up and ran to Eli the priest, thinking it was him. It wasn’t until the fourth time that Samuel learned it was the Lord calling. This time Samuel answered,  “ Speak; for your servant hears .” (1 Samuel 3) I got to thinking about the many voices that call for our attention. How many times have we run to them only to be left disappointed? May we learn with Samuel to say to the Lord alone,  “ Speak; for your servant hears .”  And may we like Mary sit at His feet and hear His word. (Luke 10:39) It’s interesting to read how the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel by His word. (1 Samuel 3:7, 21) Romans 10:17 tells us that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Someone has rightly said, “ We are ...

“Casting all your care upon Him (the almighty God); for He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) My senior friend, confined to her room during Covid, told me that her fan had stopped working, and that no outsiders were allowed to bring her one. It has been unusually warm in her room in recent days. We have been in the habit of praying together, so we took this concern to the top. “Lord, no one can get a fan into my friends room right now, but we know you can. Please send someone into her room with a fan!”  Well, the next time we were on the phone together, my friend told me that the Lord had sent the maintenance man into her room with a brand new fan he had found for her in the basement of the nursing home!  God cares about every detail friend. “Cast all your care (worry, anxiety, burdens) upon Him; for He cares for you!”